Amid concerns over the global economy's recent lack of stamina, India has emerged like Rahul "the Wall" Dravid to stabilise the batting line. In 2015, global growth slowed to 2.4 per cent and, for 201...

As we celebrate International Women’s Day around the world on March 8th, I’m worried that Armenia is missing out on a key building block for economic growth. Women are 54 percent of the working age po...

We hear that girls in Africa don’t have the same opportunities as boys to get a decent education, that discrimination is shutting women out of the jobs and assets they need to provide a better standar...

In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. Over 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminatory towards women. And only 18 co...

Over recent years, Turkey has seen steadily increasing female labor force participation, albeit from very low levels. Gains in education have been moving more women into the labor force, confirming wh...

Technology’s transformative promise for societies has never before had more potential, and awareness is building that women might hold the key to unlock the door to progress. On the occasion of intern...

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the country World Bank Group management would like to thank the women in Romania for their contribution to society. We confirm the commitment to prese...

Before we can end violence against women, we must first ask the fundamental question of what is going on with men – the main perpetrators of this violence – and why societies worldwide are producing s...

A society, a nation is comprised of two genders: male and female. Is it possible to lift a huge block up if you concentrate on one side of it and leave the other side completely unattended?Since the t...

Few development challenges in Africa are as pressing and controversial as land ownership and its persistent gap between rich and poor communities. With a profound demographic shift in Africa from rura...

Today is International Women’s Day, and a perfect time to reflect on why it is so important to promote gender equality in the Pacific. In the last decade: women’s voices are increasingly being heard a...

In Ethiopia, 81% of women think there are plenty of reasons why a husband can beat his wife. In Guinea, 60% of women believe it is reasonable that their spouses beat them for saying no to sex. As sobe...

Despite rapid economic growth, the explosion of microcredit programs and self-help groups, and laudable efforts to increase women’s political participation, gender disparities have remained deep and p...

In palatial rooms at the Berlaymont, Brussels, EU finance ministers have been discussing how to save the Eurozone and balance growth with austerity. Across the globe in Mexico City, G-20 ministers hav...